Religious Perspectives on Moral Failure (Leaving Cert Religious Education): Flashcards

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Comparing Moral Failure in Islam and Christianity
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Both Islam & Christianity view moral failure as

Disobedience to God's will

Moral failure in Islam means

Failing to submit to Allah's will

What is haram?

Forbidden practices in Islam

Another term for moral failure in Christianity

Sin

How Christians receive forgiveness

Through God's grace

Main difference: Islam vs Christianity solution

Islam: submission/works; Christianity: grace/forgiveness

Who establishes moral rules in both faiths?

God (Allah in Islam)

Effect of moral failure on the individual

Damaging/destructive effect on the individual

Islam's sacred text for guidance

Qur'an

Christian teaching for moral guidance example

Sermon on the Mount

Islam's approach to reconciliation

Actively work to gain Allah's favour (works-based)

Role of two angels in Islam

Record good (Halal) and bad (Haram) deeds daily

Islam's requirement for entering paradise

Good deeds must outnumber bad deeds

Christianity's basis for forgiveness

Jesus' death on the cross

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